Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

I.3)Main activity

Defence

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

In-Service Support (ISS) of Ships Protection Systems.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Plymouth, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh and Lomond.
NUTS code UKK41,UKM31

II.1.3)Information on framework agreement

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 7

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 8 700 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

Repair and maintenance services of ships. Electromechanical equipment. The Underwater and Electronic Warfare (UEW) section, within the Maritime Combat Systems Team, has a requirement for In-Service Support (ISS) of Ships Protection Systems fitted to in-service Royal Navy platforms and the future QEC platforms.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

50241000 – FB13, 31720000 – FB13

II.1.7)Information about subcontracting

The tenderer has to indicate in the tender any share of the contract it may intend to subcontract to third parties and any proposed subcontractor, as well as the subject-matter of the subcontracts for which they are proposed
The tenderer has to indicate any change occurring at the level of subcontractors during the execution of the contract

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

The Ships Protection Systems comprises of the following:
1. Cathodic Protection — current supplier Cathelco Ltd;
2. Degaussing Control — current supplier Babcock Marine (Devonport) Ltd;
3. Shaft Grounding (Active) — current suppliers Aish Technologies Ltd, BAE Systems Ltd and Davis WR Engineering Ltd (In-service platforms);
4. Shaft Grounding (Passive) — current suppliers Cathelco Ltd (In-service platforms and QEC).
The contractor shall be required to provide the following services:
Post Design Services, including but not limited to:
Configuration Management;
Custody and Maintenance of Manufacturing/Reference Drawings and Documentation, Publications and Support Equipment;
Design Authority Management;
Engineering Advice and Support;
Investigation and Analysis of Failures;
Modifications and Alterations and Additions;
Obsolescence Management;
Project Management;
Quality Management;
Safety and Environmental Management.
Repair Services, including but not limited to:
On Time Delivery (OTD);
Packaging/Handling/Storage;
Spares Provision, including but not limited to:
On Time Delivery (OTD);
Packaging/Handling/Storage;
Ad hoc Tasks, including but not limited to:
Contractors ON Deployed Operations (CONDO);
Disposal;
Investigations and Studies;
Provision of Field Service Representatives;
Rectification of Operational Damage;
Technical Upgrades;
Data packs will be provided to bidders at the tender stage, where available.
It is anticipated that the support contract will be for awarded in FY 2017/18 (estimated April 2017).
Estimated value excluding VAT: 8 700 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: The contract will be awarded for a period of 5 years with options to extend up to 7 years.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject, in particular with regard to security of supply and security of information:

III.1.5)Information about security clearance:

Candidates which do not yet hold security clearance may obtain such clearance until: 3.4.2017

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation

Criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (see also Regulation 23(2) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Criteria regarding the economic and financial standing of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection)

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Detail included in PQQ.

III.2.3)Technical and/or professional capacity

Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection)

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
A separate Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) will be provided. Responses to the PQQ will be subject to evaluation against a pre-set evaluation matrix to identify the companies considered most suitable to be invited to tender for the requirement.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Negotiated

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 3 and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Marking Criteria and Weighting specified in PQQ.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

6.6.2016 – 10:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information:

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

From 2.4.2014 the Government introduced its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) that replaced the Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.

The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise.

Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk

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